LA Times Book PrizeWinnerCurrent Interest

Given by Los Angeles Times

Outros Nomes: Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Inglês)
44 Works 78,444 Livros 2,058 Críticas 4.1
The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 mostrar mais of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (364), Finalist (1,601)
Categorias:
Todos, Current Interest (44)
Anos:
Todos, 2023 (1), 2022 (1), 2021 (1), 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1)
Announced:
Abril 19: Winner2023 Recente
Fevereiro 21: Finalist2023 Recente

Winner 44

ObraAno
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America por Roxanna Asgarian2023
Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America por Dahlia Lithwick2022
Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could por Adam Schiff2021
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents por Isabel Wilkerson2020
Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration por Emily Bazelon2019
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border por Francisco Cantú2018
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America por Nancy Maclean2017
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets por Svetlana Alexievich2016
Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security por Sarah Chayes2015
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League por Jeff Hobbs2014
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital por Sheri Fink2013
Behind the Beautiful Forevers por Katherine Boo2012
Thinking, Fast and Slow por Daniel Kahneman2011
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine por Michael Lewis2010
Zeitoun por Dave Eggers2009
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency por Barton Gellman2008
Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point por Elizabeth D. Samet2007
Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance por Ian Buruma2006
Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War por Anthony Shadid2005
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War por Evan Wright2004
The New Chinese Empire: And What It Means For The United States por Ross Terrill2003
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex por Judith Levine2002
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America por Barbara Ehrenreich2001
Way Out There In the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War por Frances FitzGerald2000
Sidewalk por Mitchell Duneier1999
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda por Philip Gourevitch1998
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down por Anne Fadiman1997
Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War por Peter Maass1996
Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black por Gregory Howard Williams1995
Diplomacy por Henry Kissinger1994
Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority por Peter Skerry1993
The End of History and the Last Man por Francis Fukuyama1992
Why Americans Hate Politics por E. J. Dionne, Jr.1991
Disappearing Through the Skylight: Culture and Technology in the Twentieth Century por Jr. O. B. Hardison1990
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63 por Taylor Branch1989
Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country por William Greider1988
The Blind Watchmaker por Richard Dawkins1987
Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White por Joseph Lelyveld1986
Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life por Robert N. Bellah1985
Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life por Jane Jacobs1984
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book por Walker Percy1983
The Fate of the Earth por Jonathan Schell1982
Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number por Jacobo Timerman1981
Without Fear or Favor: The New York Times and Its Times por Harrison E. Salisbury1980

Descrições

The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. (English, Member-written)
This year’s Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honored outstanding literary achievement in nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction, history, mystery/thriller, poetry, science and technology, and young adult fiction. Each winner receives a $1,000 cash award. (English, Member-written)

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